The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-26
NO TEMPTATION
Garland Refuses to Allow His Name
Used for the Vacant JudSeship.

Bench. After saying, Il do not want
the place, and would not take it if Of
fered me- Mr.. Garland set forth his
reasons as follows: 81 do not" says
he, .'undervalue the place. 1t has
work and responsibility enough to test
the energy and ability of anyone, and
honor sufficient for the most ambitious.
When the last two appointments for the
Supreme Court were made my name was
conspicuOusly mentioned by persons of
both parties for the selection. AT that
time | readily would have accepted
such a position and I did not hesitate
to say SO, but ! was younger by several
years and my health was much better
then than now. Then, there was a
period of twenty years between my age
and that fixed for retiring and my health
was unimpared. Now. that period is
only fifteen years, and my constitution
is worn and enfeebled by severe at
tack of sickness that came upon me in
March 1886. The duties of the Office of
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court are so important and exacting that
| feel it is due the public service
that as general rule and other things
being equal one who enters upon their
performance should have a fair and
reasonable prospect of twenty years of
active, unbrOken labor before reaching
the age named by the laws for retiring,
for the work done in that court lasts
for all the years to come and goes far
to mould and fashion our institutions,
make and execute the laws as we may.
| could not even indulge the hope of
having the period of fifteen years al
lowed me for continuous hard work, and
L would be untrue to duty to accept
such trust with. this fact staring me in
the face. Besides some months after the
appointments referred to were made
l was elected by the Legislature of
Arkansas to the United States Senate
for the second time, and then formed
a resolution to retire from public life at
the end of that term, which will expire
with the closing of this administration.
have SO shaped my affairs as to carry
out this resolution which becomes more
important to me as the time ap-
prOaches. This resolution some six
months since, repeated substantially
to my friends in Arkansas by letter
that was published touching my run
ming again for the United States Sem
ate, and l will say that the entire
Arkansas representation has known
for nearly or quite two years past of
this determination on my part as well
as some few other particular personal
friends of mine"
May l ask you, then, if the Presi-
dent knows of thiS2"
'tYes, generally and particularly; for
he has heard me say fatty more than a
year since that L wanted and would
have no other public place after this,
and on the 23rd of February last he
asked me to take place on the Inter
State Commerce Commission which I
declined, repeating positively this de-
termination on my part that
l wanted and would have no
public Office after this and
particularly as soon as l could decently
do so 1.-THE day after Justice Woods was
buried). l told him my name was be-
ing used in this connection and l want
ed at once to say that l did not wish
the place and would not have it, and
repeated again my resolution as to pub
lie Office and l wished him to proceed
to the consideration of the question us
if he had never heard of me-"
Then, as You are out of the matter,
who, if L may inquire, will get it?''
Il have not the remOtest idea"
do you know when the appointment
will be made?"
Il do not, as have had no talk with
the President about it, beyond making
to him the statement as to myself, al
ready referred. to, with the reasons
therefor, which have given YOU"
THE NATIONAL DRILL.
Intervals at Camp Washington be-
tween breakfast, guard mounting and
other features of the daily routine
were availed of by many corps for pri
vate drill, preparatory to their more
public appearance in the White House
lot The competitive drill of the
Infantry began few minutes past II
O'Clock. Competing companies were
limited in numbers to twenty-fOur mel
each with three officers and two guides
The programme of the manoeuvers
was to be delivered to each company
commander one hour before the time
allotted far the corps appearance, anC
| the men were thereby to be kept il
| ignorance of the manOeuvres theI
| were to execute, until orders were actu
| ally given in general terms. The!
were to exercise first in the ''schOol o
SOLDIER that is without arms, thel
| in the manual of arms, and lastly il
| the school of company. Thirty min
utes were allotted to each company t.
complete its programme. 1t had fallel
/ to the lot of the Minneapolis Ligh
Infantry to first make the display.
appeared promptly and performed it
| work creditably, though it lackel
/ about four movements of completin
| it's programme when its time was u
| ana us SUCCESSOR dppcdTOu.
| 1T MUST CEASE.
| WASHINGTON, May "A. - Specia
Agent Phoenix has reported to tn
/ Treasury Department that it is praG
tics at Sault ste. Marie, Michigan,
allow large quantities of merchan
disc to be brought there by Canadial
steamers and intended for delivery o.
the Canada side of the river to b
landed and afterwards transported
Canada by ferry without having mad
the required entry. Assistant Treas
urer MOurined has informed the col
lectOr of customs for that district tina
the practice is irregular and imprOpe
and should be discontinued at OncG
The collector is instructed not to alloV
the landing of any foreign merchandise
from vessels arriving at San1t Ste. Ma
RE except under the usual permits an
that due entry must be made for a
foreign articles landed for transports
ton to Canada.
YELLOW FEVER AT KEY WEST.
| WASHINGTON, d. c., May 24.-Sul
/ geon-G General Hamilton of the Marin
Hospital service said to-day that b
had received official notice of th
existence of yellow fever at Key Yves
but that the situation is not sufficient
grave to call for action on the part {
the Government. The health author
ties at Key West, he sale
have taken every precautiO
to prevent a spread of the di
ease. He thought the disease could /
! confined within its present limits, an
that there was as yet no cause fl
alarm
THE PRESIDENT'S FISHING EXCURSION
According to present arrangement
) the President win leave WaShingto
Thursday evening in a special car {
the Pennsylvania Road and procee
direct to Saranac Lake, in the Adirol
dacks. making only necessary stops G
the route. He viii be accompanied /
Mrs. Cleveland and Colonel and Mr.
Lamont and expects to return to Wasl
ington inside of two weeks.
The Law Mast Re Carried Out.
NEW YORK. May GA Washing
ton special says in regard to the questiC
of land and Indian reform SecretaI
Lamar says: 81 am fully convinct
,, that all lands which have been wit
drawn from settlement at various tim
to allow land grant corporations
select indemnity lands from ought tn